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B2C1
Balanced Teaching Business English

Teach your students how to handle difficult questions effectively in professional settings with this ESL lesson plan for upper intermediate and advanced students. This lesson plan focuses on strategies for managing difficult situations, collocations, speaking, reading, and role-play activities.

07/08/2026
Lesson Plans Business RECOMMENDED FORB2C1

Handling Difficult Questions (Free)

Balanced Teaching Business English

Teach your students how to handle difficult questions effectively in professional settings with this ESL lesson plan for upper intermediate and advanced students. This lesson plan focuses on strategies for managing difficult situations, collocations, speaking, reading, and role-play activities.

B1B2
Balanced Teaching Download and Go

Conditionals can transport students to fascinating realms of imagination. Today’s worksheet combines the Zero, First, Second, and Third Conditionals with fantasy travel ideas, making this ESL grammar topic fun and dynamic with clear explanations and speaking exercises.

31/07/2026
Lesson Plans Basics RECOMMENDED FORB1B2

Conditionals & Fantasy Travel (Free)

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Conditionals can transport students to fascinating realms of imagination. Today’s worksheet combines the Zero, First, Second, and Third Conditionals with fantasy travel ideas, making this ESL grammar topic fun and dynamic with clear explanations and speaking exercises.

B1B2C1
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The railway has played a very important role in British history over the last 200 years or so. Naturally, therefore, it has also had an important influence on the language. From “go off track” to “full steam ahead”, you’ll discover a wealth of idioms related to the railway, connecting British history to Business Englisha and general conversation which is as relevant today as it ever was. 

23/07/2026
Lesson Plans Curious Linguists RECOMMENDED FORB1B2C1

Railway Expressions (Free)

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The railway has played a very important role in British history over the last 200 years or so. Naturally, therefore, it has also had an important influence on the language. From “go off track” to “full steam ahead”, you’ll discover a wealth of idioms related to the railway, connecting British history to Business Englisha and general conversation which is as relevant today as it ever was. 

B1B2C1
Balanced Teaching Workshop

Numbers are easy, right? In fact, test your students from B1 to C1 and you might find they have more difficulties than you expect! You may find questions like, “Where do I put the ‘and’?” or “How do I say the date properly?” or “How do I say the year 1908?”

21/07/2026
Vocabulary RECOMMENDED FORB1B2C1

Numbers Workshop

Balanced Teaching Workshop

Numbers are easy, right? In fact, test your students from B1 to C1 and you might find they have more difficulties than you expect! You may find questions like, “Where do I put the ‘and’?” or “How do I say the date properly?” or “How do I say the year 1908?”

B1B2
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In light of recent news—that we are now in the era of “global boiling”—it might be time to ask: How could you be more sustainable? This class focuses on tips for being more sustainable, with a language focus on expressions of willingness. What will be a “piece of cake” and what’s “out of the question”?

15/07/2026
Lesson Plans RECOMMENDED FORB1B2

Be More Sustainable (Free)

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In light of recent news—that we are now in the era of “global boiling”—it might be time to ask: How could you be more sustainable? This class focuses on tips for being more sustainable, with a language focus on expressions of willingness. What will be a “piece of cake” and what’s “out of the question”?

A1A2
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We’ve made explaining phrasal verbs to your students a piece of cake. In Part 1 of this lesson, teach your students what phrasal verbs are, how they are formed, and some level-appopriate examples. By the end of this class, they will be able to use basic phrasal verbs in sentences.

07/07/2026
Lesson Plans Basics RECOMMENDED FORA1A2

Introduction to Phrasal Verbs: Part 1 (Free)

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We’ve made explaining phrasal verbs to your students a piece of cake. In Part 1 of this lesson, teach your students what phrasal verbs are, how they are formed, and some level-appopriate examples. By the end of this class, they will be able to use basic phrasal verbs in sentences.

A2B1B2C1C2
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Can your students identify which pairs of words are homophones and which pairs of words are minimal pairs in this fun ESL pronunciation game? 

05/07/2026
Lesson Plans Games & Brainteasers Pronunciation RECOMMENDED FORA2B1B2C1C2

Homophone or Minimal Pair? (Free)

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Can your students identify which pairs of words are homophones and which pairs of words are minimal pairs in this fun ESL pronunciation game? 

B2C1
Balanced Teaching Business English Download and Go

Got the meeting mindset? Teach your students expressions and idioms for meeting, get them thinking critically about modern attitudes towards meetings, and put them into an innovative role-play with this ESL worksheets and printable lesson plan.

03/07/2026
Lesson Plans Business RECOMMENDED FORB2C1

The Meeting Mindset

Balanced Teaching Business English Download and Go

Got the meeting mindset? Teach your students expressions and idioms for meeting, get them thinking critically about modern attitudes towards meetings, and put them into an innovative role-play with this ESL worksheets and printable lesson plan.

B2C1C2
Balanced Teaching ESL Games

As the fifteen questions get harder, will your students know their idioms and be able to take home the million, or will they go home with nothing?

01/07/2026
Games Games & Brainteasers RECOMMENDED FORB2C1C2

Who Wants to Be an Idiomaire? (Free)

Balanced Teaching ESL Games

As the fifteen questions get harder, will your students know their idioms and be able to take home the million, or will they go home with nothing?

A1A2B1
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Teach your students to express basic discomforts, such as “I have a headache” and “I’m cold”.

27/06/2026
Lesson Plans General Lesson Plans RECOMMENDED FORA1A2B1

Discomforts and Advice (Free)

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Teach your students to express basic discomforts, such as “I have a headache” and “I’m cold”.

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